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Boulder Valley seeks volunteers for capital improvement committee

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Posted:
02/14/2013 02:20:13 PM MST

Updated:
02/14/2013 04:52:01 PM MST

The Boulder Valley School District is looking for applicants to serve on a Capital Improvement Planning Committee to work with school district staff members on updating the Educational Facilities Master Plan.

Since June of last year, district operations staff has been working to inventory the capital improvement needs of district facilities. That data will be used for the master plan, which will guide the district's capital improvement planing and may be used to determine projects for the district's next major construction program.

The district is considering asking voters in 2014 to approve a tax increase for construction projects.

Committee members will offer staff, parent and community perspectives on district facilities and act as liaisons to the public, particularly to the large segment of taxpayers that doesn't have students in schools.

The committee will begin work in April and continue until next summer. All interested community members are encouraged to apply. Professional experience in relevant fields such as architecture, engineering, construction, information technology and green building would be helpful to the work of the group.

Applications are available atbvsd.org or can be picked up at the Education Center, 6500 E. Arapahoe Road, Boulder. The deadline to apply is 4 p.

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